*as they continue walking, Alex looks into the misty section of the jungle. his ears perk up and he grabs Poitsettia's shoulder and points towards the misty section*Alex: I think I hear someone singing.....

Xanthos: *Hurries after Slaif. The mist shrouds his vision, slowly blocking off his sight of Slaif. He stops for a moment, sensing the surroundings around him. Hearing faint footsteps, he ran towards them, hoping they belonged to Slaif.*

*in the clearing where slaif ran off to is a female Celestio-sapian who is standing infront of a large braizer with green fire. as she sings the images of what she sings about appear in the flame*???: [i]before man, before moon, before history. in a world of magic and mystery. Gods and Seeds, mighty and bold, fought to possess the Kronos stone. for he, who held the stone, held the world. and into dark chaos came the seeds' world. but Deshdae smote them from his throne! he became the ruler of them all.......come. with me. across the seas of time. come with me, across the seas of time. from seed blood came monsters of lore, the gorgan and the manticore. the centaur weeps beneath the silver trees. across the seas of time! Deshdae decended from the stars, with lightning by his side. love like thunder in his heart to claim a mortal bride. and from thier union came a race, half mortal and half god. with powers dreamed by mortal men to walk where the gods tried! *at that last part, the giant immage of Spirit and the Celestio-sapians appears in the flames. she stops singing and plays a flute-like device to the tune she was singing. as she plays, the flames dance around her*

Slaif: its the story of how the universe came to be.....Kronos created the Gods and the Seeds. they battled for the Kronos stone. the Seeds almost won, but the strongest of the gods, Deshdae, defeated them. he then became the ruler of the universe. the blood of the Seeds created the monsters that we battle today. after many millenia, Deshdae claimed a mortal bride and spawned the Celestio-sapian race....

*the woman stops playing and looks at the heros. she stands up and smiles*???: well well, it isn't often that I have visitors....only the pure of heart can find me. I am Umbra. I am a priestess to the old gods. I take it you are looking for the Kronos stone?